The National Weather Service is expecting extreme thunderstorms and lightning for the Durkee Fire, one of the largest burning ...

Hundreds of lightning strikes sparked blazes across the state last week, and additional thunderstorms on Wednesday are expected to fuel the Durkee Fire.

The Bureau of Land Management will offer the Durkee Fire Salvage Timber Sale of about 1.57 million board feet from across 250 public acres 12 miles southwest of Durkee in Baker County. This sale will ...

A wildfire burning in a sparsely populated region of central Oregon has become the largest fire this year and is on the verge ...

New wildfires continue to spark in Oregon as the state barrels into peak fire season. The Burdoin, Butte Creek and Greeley Heights fires ignited over the weekend. Several other fires continue to burn, ...

An updated flash flood warning was issued by the National Weather Service on Monday at 5:43 p.m. in effect until 8 p.m. for ...

At least 850 personnel are fighting the Burdoin Fire and some national forest lands in the Columbia River Gorge are now ...

Federal officials say as Summer continues a lack of rain in Western Oregon is making the region one of focus for ...

Wildfire season is off to an early and intense start in Oregon this year, ... FILE - A sign warns of wildfire ahead on I-84 east near Durkee, Ore., July 31, 2024. Anna Lueck / OPB.

Oregon wildfire season by the numbers: Destructive, but not historic so far. The amount of acres burned so far this season, 20,300, is above the 10-year average of about 13,000 acres.

Oregon's 2025 wildfire season has already seen significant damage, with more than 20,000 acres burned and 56 homes destroyed. Forecasted rain offers potential relief, but above-normal fire danger ...

Oregon State Fire Marshal Mariana Ruiz-Temple said more homes are becoming fuel for wildfires. Advertisement “It's no longer just a wildfire out in the forest,” Ruiz-Temple said.